Health

Former Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose oratory enabled his party to form government at the Centre in 1996, 1998 and 1999 general elections, died at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi on August 16, 2018. Born on 25 December 1924, he was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004.

The condition of former Prime Minister and BJP stalwart, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is critical, said an AIIMS bulletin on August 15 night. Vajpayee was on life support systems, it said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rushed to the hospital to enquire about his condition.

Actor Rajjnikanth visited the Kauvery hospital in Chennai to enquire about the health of DMK president M Karunanidhi who is undergoing treatment at the hospital over the last three days. Rajni said Karunanidhi was a senior leader of the country, and he was glad that he was recovering speedily.

A photo of Congress president Rahul Gandhi at kauvery Hospital in Chennai has proved that DMK president M Karunanidhi is much better and that he is improving. The photo shows DMK Working President and Karunanidhi's son M K Stalin speaking to Karunanidhi who is very much conscious and not on any life-saving support.
Rahul Gandhi is seen standing next to Stalin, along with other doctors.

Chennai Police detained over 50 PMK members when they attempted to lay siege to the BJP office at T Nagar in Chennai on June 25, 2018, to condemn its state president Tamilisai Soundararajan’s criticism of their party leader and founder Dr S Ramadoss.

The president of the DMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi, was readmitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Thursday night following breathing difficulty due to heavy cold and lung infection. The 92-year-old leader underwent a tracheostomy procedure to optimise breathing, the Kauvery Hospital stated.

The ruling AIADMK Legislature Party meeting is now on at party headquarters in Chennai. Number two in the cabinet, O Panneerselvam, senior ministers, party functionaries, MLAs were attending the meeting, party sources said.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has been put on an Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) device in view of her heart problem, having suffered a heart attack at a private hospital in Chennai on Sunday night. What is an ECMO device, how does it function and how does it benefit a patient?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who was said to be critical on Sunday night after suffering a cardiac arrest at a private hospital, continued to be on Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a heart-assist device on Monday.

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on October 21 visited the private hospital in Chennai where chief minister J Jayalalithaa was
undergoing treatment. This is his second visit to the hospital, since she was admitted on September 22.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's portfolios have been allocated to Finance minister O Panneerselvam, the Raj Bhavan announced on October 11 night. O Paneerselvam will also preside over cabinet meetings and arrangement has been made as per the advice of Jayalalithaa, the Raj Bhavan claimed in a release.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who made a sudden visit to the Chennai hospital where Tamil Nadu chief minister J
Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, said doctors had told him that she was recovering well and would be alright soon.

The latest bulletin has said that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was being assisted with Nebulisation, a drug delivery device used to
administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs. She continues to be on respiratory support.

For the first time since the hospitalisation of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sept 22, the private hospital said she was "on
respiratory support" indicating that she was on ventilator support.

Dr. Richard John Beale, Consultant Intensivist at the London Bridge Hospital, has been drafted by the private hospital in Chennai to treat Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, giving an indication of the kind of ailment she suffers from. He visited the hospital on Friday to assess her condition, and continued to check on her on Saturday.